Green Poems

I’ve been a man
Trading on stolen time
Stepping on love
Yet look for it in my torn pockets,
Rugged mind, broken heart
Somehow blind, but oblivious
Full of pride, but afraid
Full of strength, but so weak

I’ve walked on rivers, and lakes
Deep valleys where darkness reigned
High...Read More

wind whistles
an autumnal love
in my life

frost goes far
after the winter
flower wakes

springtime sky
greets the flock of birds,
sweet sunlight

the guitar
serves best friendship time
in green wood

you and me
under maple tree
charming love

-February 26, 2020 Chattogram...Read More

I am who I am though not the pebbled walk, washed softly by rain
I am who I am though not the dry leaf, that silently glides earthward without pain
I am who I am though not green fruit to ripen, then...Read More

These are my dreams on display,
They cover the entire wall.
Coloured bright yellow, pink and grey, 
And blue and green
They beckon me.
In a fit of anger
I had lost them all one by one,
Did not seem right then;
They have raised their heads...Read More

befalling 
against the dark skies
the last thread of light
flickers then fades
within the silence
forthcoming

fathomless
are these thoughts
stirring about
like hair twirled
in a caress of winds
that leave me breathless
beneath the rhythmic pulse
of my own heart
racing towards yours

so beautiful this love
that draws me to you
in...Read More

GROWING UP ACROSS THE STREET FROM 
TIGER STADIUM HAS ITS ADVANTAGE
AND DISADVANTAGES.
BEING A YOUNGSTER 
HOT HUMID MUGGY SUMMER NIGHT.
DETROIT MICHIGAN.
JULY NINETEEN HUNDRED AND 73
WOULD TURN OUT TO BE A VERY
COLD
NIGHT.
IN THE MOST UNTHINKABLE WAY.
RUNNING AROUND TIGER STADIUM
3 HOURS BEFORE THE...Read More

I ride the bus...

Tilt a bit, balance-
ponder later. Yolk yellow 
and sky blue, chalk

grey paint. Steel
rectangles; winding parallel 
lines. Circles- Eternal.

Toothed horizons-
golden rose shaped sunset
tauten, its nectar 

steeps; blushes. Inks gnarled
columns of trees, dusky, their
limbs webbed crosses

open to royal skies...Read More

Merciles Beaute ("Merciless Beauty")
by Geoffrey Chaucer
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Your eyes slay me suddenly;
their beauty I cannot sustain,
they wound me so, through my heart keen.

Unless your words heal me hastily,
my heart's wound will remain green;
for your eyes slay me...Read More

2 POUNDS(OR 1 CUP AND 1/2 CUP) OF ITALIAN SAUSAGE MEAT BROWNED AND DRAINED.......


4 CUPS OF JASMINE RICE ) BROWNED(
2 TABLESPOONS OF GARLIC POWDER
1 TABLESPOON OF CAYENNE PEPPER
1/2 CUP OF DICED SAUTEED GREEN PEPPERS
1/2 CUP ONIONS DICED AND SAUTEED
1 TEASPOONS...Read More

You have loved me, always,
as you did throughout our spring-
so lush and green-
when nothing was too hard for us
to keep our love
alive and new.

All through the summer of our life,
as children blessed
our married years,
and tending to them became first-
you did...Read More

Chapters,

Dogeared and tired 
put down for another day
another time when chapters spin
and life begins to unwind

what leads the pages to unfold
before these very eyes
where have they been before

the creases are my Braille
as I never fail to see
my way
out
or is it...Read More

On a balmy evening, I was out enjoying a walk,
Admiring the flowers and scenery on my block;

Moonlight poured, and nobody else was about,
Because I had become restless, I had gone out.

Fireflies were dancing, reminiscently green,
As roses recall to mind the...Read More

Nature makes me blossom,
from the flower that blooms in my backyard,
to the tall trees that shimmer with green.

When I was five I remember exploring the outdoors, 
taking my red sketchbook everywhere.
Lines flying through the page,
as I try to resemble the...Read More

I love the beauty of a new spring day-
   its early morning silence- but for birds
      that tweet and flutter, flying with dry straw
or thread to line their beautiful new nests.

My hair, caressed...Read More

The countryside had slept through a long winters chill
I had waited and searched for the first signs of spring from a hill
Now Spring shows it's first signs under a clear blue sky
a weak yellow sun shines down from on high
the...Read More

On my walk
a church bell rings
in the distance-
somewhere a blackbird sings
a rustle as wildlife scurries
a bright sun- in a cloudless sky
rolling hills
beneath me fields that are green
I relish natures wonders
all the world smells sweet
fragrance of the cows on yonder field
but,...Read More

Another day dies as I sit in a fallow field and watch 
my dream sprouting among the wild  green weeds.
The  silence  of the valley is soon broken as evening
approaches and  birds  take their last flight.
...Read More

A friendly leprechaun in verdant green
Painted St. Patty’s Day’s first lively scene
Did lots of drinking
Which stopped his thinking
Bubbling over with March madness steam


...Read More

It is all my fault, for I am in command,
We sped into space with aspirations grand.

As we neared lightspeed, we saw pulsars,
And twinkling stars, deep space memoirs.

The cosmic sights were dazzlingly unreal-
Red giants and colorful nebulae surreal!

Stars as blue as...Read More

Breathless; I stood in the silence of dawn.
Her beautiful skyline framed silhouette 
had the earliest birds attention drawn.
Visceral love at first sight! Juliet?

Fathomless emotions within my chest.
With her green eyes and tenderness of touch;
her heart and mine became one love...Read More

Bubba has the flu 
I do not know what to do 
Since Bubba has the flu

I can not see in front of me 
I can not see behind me and Bubba still has the flu 
And I do not know...Read More

I've been detached from reality, I can't hear Earth's Melody. foe and friend are the same in the end. the sky is blue but yet the lie is still not true. far from that field of green I wonder do...Read More

              Supine, his fathomless eyes fixed 
     on clusters of grey clouds suspended above him.
       He's busy...Read More

Rowing in the wooden dingy,
My arms recall 
The lost days 
Of ocean voyages,
And all at once I remember 
The emerald green 
Phosphorescence 
On night watch....
And the midnight sound 
Of dolphins breath 
Those princes of the sea 
Who were enamoured
With our...Read More

*Breathless; I stood in the *silence of dawn.
Her *beautiful skyline framed silhouette 
had the earliest *birds attention drawn.
Visceral love at first sight! Juliet?

*Fathomless emotions within my chest!
With her *green eyes and tenderness of touch;
her *heart and mine became one love...Read More